Monday, April 27, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Just Because
It's Good Friday
It's a glass paperweight,
the size and shape of an egg.
It was in fact, a good Friday
Flower in Glass Egg
It's a glass paperweight, the size and shape of an egg.
Fitting somehow
Monday, April 6, 2009
Cordoglio, L'Aquila
Fontana Luminosa, L'Aquila
This photo was taken in March of 2002. The fountain is located just 7.6 km from the epicenter of this morning's earthquake in central Italy. My heart goes out to the people in the beautiful city of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. Cordoglio.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Search Me
WTF? Google
This single post, The Cars of the Beast, is responsible for nearly 60% of the traffic on this blog. Folks are coming from around the world to see that page. It's been viewed from one hundred countries just since February What's up with that?
A Google Web search for cars of the beast, the title of the post, shows nothing unusual. My Blog is listed part way down the first page.
Note: Clicking on the images below will repeat the Google Search as I entered it, opening in a (single) new window.
If I put the search string in quotes Google's response is more specific but still nothing to compel folks from around the world to click on it.
A closer look at my StatsCounter reports show that over 77% of my visitors arrive Google Image Search, less than 4% from all other searches and only two of nearly 2000 from Google Blog Search. Isn't that curious?
A Google Image search for the cars of the beast yields this:
OK, the shiny black Porsche Carrera and Lamborghini are pretty cool. I'd click on those. Seems to explain why folks find that post. But watch what happens if you put the search string in quotes:
Every picture displayed, save one, is by LostBob, every link is to this blog. Those on the second page too. Most of the images shown do not appear on the Cars of the Beast post. In fact, clicking most will take you to places in the blog where the car of the beast photos cannot even be seen. Some take you to posts with photos different than the one shown.
WTF? Google
And here's a surprise. If You leave the s off of cars Google gets really personal, ignoring the car photos completely. I think Google is trying to scare me away from Flickr and onto Picasa.
Big Brother really is watching.
This single post, The Cars of the Beast, is responsible for nearly 60% of the traffic on this blog. Folks are coming from around the world to see that page. It's been viewed from one hundred countries just since February What's up with that?
The Cars of the Beast, on LostBob's Blog
A Google Web search for cars of the beast, the title of the post, shows nothing unusual. My Blog is listed part way down the first page.
Note: Clicking on the images below will repeat the Google Search as I entered it, opening in a (single) new window.
If I put the search string in quotes Google's response is more specific but still nothing to compel folks from around the world to click on it.
A closer look at my StatsCounter reports show that over 77% of my visitors arrive Google Image Search, less than 4% from all other searches and only two of nearly 2000 from Google Blog Search. Isn't that curious? A Google Image search for the cars of the beast yields this:
OK, the shiny black Porsche Carrera and Lamborghini are pretty cool. I'd click on those. Seems to explain why folks find that post. But watch what happens if you put the search string in quotes: Every picture displayed, save one, is by LostBob, every link is to this blog. Those on the second page too. Most of the images shown do not appear on the Cars of the Beast post. In fact, clicking most will take you to places in the blog where the car of the beast photos cannot even be seen. Some take you to posts with photos different than the one shown. WTF? Google
And here's a surprise. If You leave the s off of cars Google gets really personal, ignoring the car photos completely. I think Google is trying to scare me away from Flickr and onto Picasa.
Big Brother really is watching.
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